Collective housing, cultural co-ops, land trusts, community banks are community-rooted enterprises that empower those that have been excluded from traditional economic institutions. Solidarity economy models exercised throughout the country are becoming viable solutions towards sustainable and economically just living.

Today we're visiting community-rooted enterprises where people are rethinking power and participation in their lives. Collective housing and cultural co-ops, land trusts and community banks are providing fundamental shifts in our workplaces, living spaces, and economic understanding of local communities.

This program was produced with support from the New Economies Reporting Project, funded with a grant from the Park Foundation.

Featuring:  

Eri Oura - Cycles of Change, The Bikery

Devi Peacock - Peacock Rebellion, Liberating Ourselves Locally

Harper Bishop - Open Buffalo [1]

Julia Ho - Solidarity Economy St. Louis [2]

Iya Ifalola Omobola - Cooperation Jackson [3]

Amara Enyia [4] - Public Policy Expert

Credits 

Host: R.J. Lozada

Producers: Anita Johnson, Marie Choi, Monica Lopez, R.J. Lozada

Executive Director: Lisa Rudman

Audience Engagement Director: Sabine Blaizin

Development Associate: Vera Thykulsker

Special thanks to Rachel Dickson for recording panelists in Chicago.

For More information:

New Economy Coalition [5]

Open Buffalo [6]

Solidarity Economy St. Louis [7]

Cooperation Jackson [8]

Amara Enyia Website [9]

Liberate 23rd Ave [10]

Liberating Ourselves Locally (LOL) [11]

Sustaining Ourselves Locally (Oakland SOL) [12]

Cycles of Change [13]/The Bikery [14]

[1] https://www.facebook.com/OpenBuffalo/

[2] https://www.facebook.com/solidarityeconomystl/

[3] https://www.facebook.com/CooperationJackson/

[4] https://www.facebook.com/amaraforchicago/

[5] https://neweconomy.net/

[6] https://openbuffalo.org/

[7] https://www.solidaritystl.org/

[8] http://www.cooperationjackson.org/

[9] https://www.facebook.com/amaraforchicago

[10] https://www.youcaring.com/liberate

[11] https://oaklandmakerspace.wordpress.com/

[12] http://oaklandsol.weebly.com/

[13] http://www.cyclesofchange.org/

[14] http://thebikery.weebly.com/